Annual trip to Folly next week. I’ll be land bound this trip unless I manage to get out with a guide one day. My two boys (9 & 7) can’t stop talking about fishing. To hear them talk, sounds like they plan to feed the family all week with their catch!!
I think I have a pretty good plan for the surf and remember some good looking, skinny water with swash bars, cuts, etc. that I’ll be hoping I can find again. We stay near the pier, so that’s always an option (or fishing under it…we got a nice black drum right in close along the pilings last summer). But I’ve really fallen in love with the North End and plan to revisit it at least once or twice (likely early mornings but the tide will be a factor). Last year I had a big hook up that ran hard and eventually broke off (shark?) and caught a variety of other small fish. I remember seeing a lot of fiddlers (particularly at night) on the jetty there…been thinking I might grab a few and try dropping a line right over the rocks near high tide with hopes that sheepshead come peck away at those rocks? Anyone ever had success with that…or have any other tips for that end of the island?
Also been reading through the forums that folks wade out behind the county park to the south looking for tailers, targeting trout, or trying to net shrimp from the reeds. I haven’t done much on that other end of the island…worth trying to fit in a trip? And is that a solo adventure or do you think the boys could tag along (tide permitting)? Do you actually drive into the park and go on from there? I know it closes at dark…could be limiting for me…
Sorry for the long post. Just so many possibilities (even from shore) and my mind starts running full speed with hopes and dreams the closer we get to the trip! We love getting down to Charleston…envy you guys who can call that fishery “home!”